The Fighting Cocks is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

public house A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

in Moseley,

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History

The public house by this name in Moseley was first recorded in 1759, when on Boxing Day, a cock-fighting event took place between gentlemen from Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The earlier public house was demolished when King Edward Road was formed off Alcester Road. This building was erected in 1903 to the designs of the architects

Thomas Walter Francis Newton Thomas Walter Francis Newton (1862 – 22 January 1903) was an architect based in Birmingham. Career Newton was born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, United Kingdom in 1862 and educated at Taunton Independent College. He was articled to Frank Barlow O ...

and

Alfred Edward Cheatle Alfred Edward Robie Farmer Cheatle (Born Dosthill, Staffordshire 15 January 1871 - 29 November 1941 Woodleigh Nursing Home, Wylde Green) was an architect based in Birmingham. Life and career Cheatle was the son of Thomas Farmer Cheatle (1840-191 ...

. It was built in the

Arts and Crafts A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...

style.

References

Grade II listed pubs in Birmingham 1903 establishments in England {{WestMidlands-struct-stub